WEBVTT WANT TO GET TO BILL O'NEIL,LIVE TONIGHT IN GREENSBORO.WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED?BILL WE HAVE A POSSIBLE MOTIVEAS TO WHY THE DEAD MAN FLED WHENPOLICE TRIED TO STOP HIM.WXII 12 NEWS HAS LEARNED THEMAN, LATER IDENTIFIED AS CARLOSBLACKMAN, RAN TO HIS FATHER'SHOUSE ON ALMA STREET, THE HOMELOCATED JUST A COUPLE OF BLOCKSAWAY FROM WHERE POLICE TRIED TOSTOP THE 25-YEAR-OLD MAN.A NEIGHBOR SAYS THE DRIVER OFTHE CAR WAS BLACKMAN'S YOUNGERBROTHER, BEN BLACKMA>> UNFORTUNATELY WHAT THE19-YEAR-OLD BROTHER DID NOT KNOWWAS THAT THE 25-YEAR-OLD BROTHERWAS ARMED AND WAS A FELON, SO HEJUMPED OUT OF THE CAR, AND FROMWHAT I SAW ON THE NEWS, 300YARDS LATER, WHICH HAPPENS TO BEMY YARD, A GUNFIGHT BROKE OUTWHERE JUNIOR SHOT AT THE COP ANDWAS FLEEING AND GOT SHOT IN THERIGHT SIDE BEHIND THE SHOULDERBLADE, IS WHAT HIS FATHER TOLDME.AND HE RAN TO HIS FATHER'S HOUSEAND KNOCKED ON THE DOOR ANDCOLLAPSED INTO HIS FATHER'SARMS, WHERE HE BLED OUT.BILL: A POLICE SPOKESMANRELEASED A WRITTEN STATEMENTABOUT WHAT THEY BELIEVEDHAPPENED."THE MALE OFFICER CAUGHT THEFLEEING SUSPECT, LATERIDENTIFIED AS CARLOS KEITHBLACKMAN, AND A BRIEF YETVIOLENT STRUGGLE ENSUED.AUDIO AND PARTIAL VIDEO FROM THEOFFICER'S BODY-WORN CAMERA,WHICH WAS DISLODGED DURING THESTRUGGLE, SUGGESTS THAT THEOFFICER HAD BLACKMAN ON THEGROUND AND WAS ATTEMPTING TOHANDCUFF HIM WHEN BLACKMANASSAULTED THE OFFICER ANDESCAPED FROM HIS GRASP."THE POLICE NARRATIVE GOES ON TOSAY, "AUDIO FROM THE MALEOFFICER'S BODY-WORN CAMERACAPTURED THE SOUND OF SEVERALGUNSHOTS FIRED IN RAPIDSUCCESSION.SECONDS AFTERWARDS, THE FEMALEOFFICER FOUND HER PARTNER IN ANOVERGROWN THICKET WITH A SINGLEGUNSHOT WOUND TO HIS UPPERTORSO.BLACKMAN ONCE AGAIN FLED, THISTIME IN THE DIRECTION OF AFAMILY MEMBER'S HOUSE ON ALMASTREET, WHERE POLICE FOUND HIMSUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE GUNSHOTWOUNDS.HE WAS LATER TRANSPORTED BY EMSTO MOSES CONE HOSPITAL, WHERE HELATER SUCCUMBED TO HIS WOUNDS."THE POLICE OFFICERS INVOLVEDHAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS J.R.LABARRE AND L.S. GARRISON.BOTH HAVE BEEN PLACED ONINVESTIGATION BY THE SBI.THE GUILFORD COUNTY DA WILLDETERMINE WHAT, IF ANY, CHARGESWILL BE FILED.A SPOKESMAN FOR THE POLICE SAYSOFFICER LABARRE WAS TREATED ANDRELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL.HE IS SCHEDULED TO RECEIVEADDITIONAL MEDICAL CARE IN THENEAR FUTURE.AND A SPOKESMAN FOR THE BLACKMANFAMILY TELLS ME THAT THEY WILLPLAN TO ISSUE A STATEMENT LATERTHIS WEEK.

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Carlos Keith Blackman, 25, died from gunshot wounds he suffered during a traffic stop Friday afternoon in a residential area on Romaine Street.

The ordeal began when police tried to stop two men in a car acting on a Crimestoppers tip about drug activity in the area.

Mindy Walker, a neighbor, told WXII 12 News that Blackman had a criminal record and was in possession of a handgun when police stopped him and his 19-year-old brother in a red Impala just a few blocks away from their father’s home on Alma Street.

As the vehicle pulled over, Blackman attempted to flee on foot. A violent struggle ensued after Officer J.R. Lebarre pursued Blackman in an attempt to arrest him. Gunfire was exchanged between Lebarre and Blackman and both were shot.

The neighbor said Blackman collapsed into his father’s arms on the front steps of his home. He died from his injuries at Moses Cone Hospital.

Lebarre was taken to the hospital for treatment. He was released Saturday.

The SBI is investigating the shooting.

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